Alaina was called forth for a special match against a rising star in Tension. This was also for that world cup event but that didn't matter much to Alaina. Stopping her losing streak against top women did. She was sure she was going to win, although a lot of people and analysts had given the edge to the rising Mako against the plummeting Alaina. The amazon wasn't about to be put down by a shark.

Clad in her one piece tiger swimsuit, Alaina made her way to the ring as soon as her music played. She high fived fans on the way down and paused right before she got in the ring, flexing her arms and climbing up onto the apron. She was going to shake off the doubt that had plagued her. She worked too hard to fall to obscurity after her title run. The recent string of losses would soon be pushed out of everyones memories or so Alaina thought.

She would do her best to make people see her as a top lady in all of Friction, if not the world, again.

Mako was looking at a big match tonight as she got herself ready in the back. Tonight she'd be facing a former entropy champion in the Friction World Cup, and the shark was pumped to say the least. Alaina had one hell of a title run, so she was definitely going to be a good challenge. Now while she'd probably be painted as the "Bad guy" for being from tension and participating at a friction event, Mako was still hoping the crowd would get behind her. Being booed was kind of a pet peeve for hers, so if that ended up happening she'd be pissed. So after shoving all the doubts out of her head, Mako would finish up getting dressed and head out to make her entrance.

After the crowd's cheering for Alaina died down, Shark Attack began to blast across the arena. Running out soon after, Mako would go full speed down the ramp while giving high fives to the fans. The shark could make out a few boos and jeers, but thankfully most were cheering for her as she reached the ring. Not even wasting time to stop, Mako would slide right under the ropes before jumping up to her feet. Now getting a look at the amazon, the shark could tell she was going to be as tough as she hoped.

So now that the crowds were cheering, the opponent was a muscular former champ, and the shark's blood was full of adrenaline, it was clear this was going to be a great fight. "So, is the amazon ready to face the shark?", Mako would ask with her usual confidence as she approached the center of the ring.

"Personally, I'm pretty excited to see whose the better woman...the one with power...", the shark would say pointing to Alaina. "...or the one with speed...", she would continue while pointing to herself.

Then extending her hand to the woman, Mako would say "Either way we're going to give these people one hell of a match!", with a confident grin on her face.

Alaina smiled and nodded as Mako spoke. "I agree but I already know the answer to those questions." Alaina said as she shook Mall's hand.

"I will win, I can't lose this."Alaina said to Mako, and to herself. Alaina was determined to right the ship. She had to win a big match to work on regaining her lost credibility. She had to validate her career and ability with herself and the fans, especially the faithful ones still supporting her.

"Let's agree to disagree" Mako would say with a wink as she shook her opponent's hand. Alaina was obviously the veteran here, but there was some "extra weight" on the woman's shoulders. She wasn't completely confident as far as the shark could tell though, and the amazon may have been a bit desperate it seemed. But while Alaina needed to win this and used that to drive her, Mako was driven simply by her desire to fight, which kept her mind clear of worries.

So since she had less weight on her shoulders, the shark was thinking that she had the edge in this match up. The bell would ring soon after and Alaina was quick to lunge for a grapple. Now even though Mako was eager to start, she knew that her opponent was called the amazon for a reason. And even though they seemed like the same height, the shark was not as well built in terms of muscle. So Mako would attempt to spin around the charging woman and, after getting behind her foe, land a quick kick to the back of Alaina's muscular left leg.

"Too slow~" the grinning shark would chime as she bounced on her feet behind the woman. The strike itself would sting a little but not much else, honestly. It was just Mako's way of saying "You'll need to do better than that!" to the amazon. After all, the shark always enjoyed playing with her prey.

Mako would raise her hands soon after though, looking to genuinely lock up with her opponent now that she had showed off her speed. She knew it was risky, but that had never stopped her before. So creeping towards Alaina, the shark would aim to lock up fair and square to test out just how strong the woman was.

Mako was certainly impressed by the amazon's strength as they locked up, and would find herself being slowly pushed back more and more as her feet failed to keep her position. "Grrrrr...god are you an amazon...or a fucking bulldozer?" the top predator would growl half jokingly as, save for a few times where she'd stop her opponent's progress momentarily, she was unable to keep her footing.

But try as she might, the shark just couldn't keep herself from getting forced back until she was pressed up against the turnbuckle. Mako would try to squirm around and free herself, but Alaina wasn't letting go that easily. So as she squirmed around while the powerful amazon held her trapped against the corner, the shark would try her best to knee her opponent in the gut once or twice. Due to the lack of space between them they wouldn't be the best, but hopefully they do something to help her out of the corner.

Alaina slammed Mako back into the corner, but not as hard as she had hoped. Mako quickly showed that she didn't lose any fight as she rammed her knee into Alaina's abdomen a couple times! "Omph!" Alaina groaned as she doubled over a bit and took two steps back.

"This is how a real woman lands a knee strike!" Alaina shouted as she stepped up and looked to swing her hips around, planting a hard knee right into Mako's sternum!

Mako may have managed to land a few blows to the amazon's gut, but it seemed like she'd to do much more to stun her opponent. After taking two steps back, Alaina would quickly return with a hard knee strike of her own to the shark's sternum. "Ommph!" she would groan before gasping out for breathe.

With the strike stunning her for the moment, Mako would double over in the corner as she stayed upright by holding onto the ropes. But the was no way she'd be stopping here. Had it been a slam or something other than a strike, the shark would have taken her time. But there was no way Mako would let someone out-strike her, especially when Alaina was trying to one up her previous one strike.

"Is that all....you can do?" Mako would say before trying to surprise the amazon by latching her hands onto the back of the woman's neck. Then with a roar, the shark would attempt to send another knee into Alaina's gut with even more force and speed than her first two.

Mako grinned as she managed to drop the powerful amazon to her knees. Feeling proud of her strikes, the shark would attempt to pull Alaina up on her feet, and shove her into the corner ready to land some damage.

So after raising her fists, the predator would begin to throw some strikes at her prey, each aimed for a specific area on the woman's muscular figure. Whether it was her abs, head, or anywhere else she could land a punch, Mako would make sure a strike landed there repeatedly with blinding speed.

"Is this all you've got amazon?" the shark would ask as she continued to tenderize her opponent's body. With strikes like these, Mako was going to make sure that Alaina was as sore as hell in the morning after this match.